First lady Michelle Obama may want to look into Centrum Silver after an embarrassing incident in Arizona in which she forgot the name of the candidate she was helping support.

According to the Washington Free Beacon, the first lady was out in the Grand Canyon State to campaign for the Democrat trying to unseat Sen. John McCain from his long-held Senate position. Her name is Ann Kirkpatrick, a thoroughly undistinguished lawyer and congresswoman who makes Sen. McCain’s career of expedient compromise look positively courageous.

Kirkpatrick was one of the Democrats in attendance during a Thursday rally for Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, where Michelle Obama was the guest of honor. Apparently, though, Kirkpatrick is so forgettable that Michelle, well, forgot her. Or at least part of her name.

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“Your members of Congress, Raul Grijalva, Ann Patrick,” the first lady told the crowd as she introduced the dignitaries in attendance.

Arizona is one of the most hotly contested states in the nation, both in the presidential and senatorial races. Turning out voters for Rep. Kirkpatrick is arguably one of the Democrats’ highest priorities this November.

Considering that, how bad is it that Kirkpatrick can’t even rate having her name remembered by the first lady?

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For that matter, I’m sure that Arizona Democrats aren’t too happy with Michelle Obama. Kirkpatrick was part of a major push to turn the normally bright-red state temporarily blue, partly because of immigration concerns and partly because of Sen. McCain’s general unpopularity among conservatives. This gaffe is probably going to overshadow a lot of her campaign.

I suppose both Barack and Michelle Obama have had to deal with a lot of forgettable candidates these past few years, as the Democrat Party has mostly been a race to the bottom.

Let’s hope that Kirkpatrick is as easily forgotten by Arizona voters as she was by the first lady. Please like and share on Facebook and Twitter if you agree.

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Writing under a pseudonym, Cillian Zeal is a conservative writer who is currently living abroad in a country that doesn't value free speech and exercising it would put him in danger. He became a staunch right-winger at the age of three: While watching a clip of Ronald Reagan, he told his mother (to her great horror), "Mom, I'm a Republican." Except for a brief, scarring and inexplicable late high-school dalliance with Ralph Nader and his ilk, he's never looked back.
Aside from politics, he enjoys spending time with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One, and football (of both American and world varieties). He is the proud owner of a very lazy West Highland white terrier and an extraordinary troublesome poodle mix of indeterminate provenance.